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November 14th, 2013, 10:22 AM

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Scalping in paper trade mode TO EASY?! I need the opinion of an established trader.

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Posted By donovanshane

I assume yourt talking about the "market maker"...

I assume yourt talking about the "market maker" scalping I was doing. The buy and immediate sell. That being said, the other strategies I was using ...the bull/bear flags and and the Al Brooks failed...

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November 14th, 2013, 09:43 AM

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Scalping in paper trade mode TO EASY?! I need the opinion of an established trader.

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Posted By donovanshane

Another thing. I watched a video with Linda...

Another thing. I watched a video with Linda Bradford Raschke. She said she rarely uses limit orders. Mostly Market. I was shocked by this. Can you use market orders to scalp 1 tick? I know she...

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November 14th, 2013, 09:38 AM

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Scalping in paper trade mode TO EASY?! I need the opinion of an established trader.

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Posted By donovanshane

Let me make sure I'm clear...I have no dilusions...

Let me make sure I'm clear...I have no dilusions of making $1k per day on a $5K account as a new trader. I know Ninja has a great emulator with an algorithm. But I think its tuff to emulate just were...

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November 14th, 2013, 09:33 AM

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Scalping in paper trade mode TO EASY?! I need the opinion of an established trader.

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Posted By donovanshane

Oh my gosh...I am so plagiarizing that.

Oh my gosh...I am so plagiarizing that.

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November 14th, 2013, 08:37 AM

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Scalping in paper trade mode TO EASY?! I need the opinion of an established trader.

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Posted By donovanshane

Thanks for eveyones input. This is outstanding....

Thanks for eveyones input. This is outstanding. It would be great for someone to start a thread, to see the money:pcguru: this forum has that people have made here. Before and after kind of thing.

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November 14th, 2013, 08:31 AM

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Scalping in paper trade mode TO EASY?! I need the opinion of an established trader.

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Posted By donovanshane

Yes! That was my first concern. From the books...

Yes! That was my first concern. From the books and the forums, I always see that most say to shoot for a 1/3 risk reward ratio. I've been risking 2 to make 1, then adding commissions I was concerned...

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November 14th, 2013, 08:26 AM

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Scalping in paper trade mode TO EASY?! I need the opinion of an established trader.

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Posted By donovanshane

Thats a very good point. I do use some of Al...

Thats a very good point. I do use some of Al Brooks strategy (The micro trend line breaks, L1), Oh I forgot to add I also look for any bull or bear flags. There was a great bull flag yesterday that...

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November 13th, 2013, 09:46 PM

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Scalping in paper trade mode TO EASY?! I need the opinion of an established trader.

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Posted By donovanshane

Little better than that. 1.91 per side includes...

Little better than that. 1.91 per side includes everything . $25 - 7.64 = $17.36 I can live with that. Just starting out I don't want to blow out an account. So 2 contracts ($17+) I figure is good...

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November 13th, 2013, 09:41 PM

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Scalping in paper trade mode TO EASY?! I need the opinion of an established trader.

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Posted By donovanshane

I'll definitely look into that. thanks!

I'll definitely look into that. thanks!

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November 13th, 2013, 07:10 PM

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Scalping in paper trade mode TO EASY?! I need the opinion of an established trader.

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Posted By donovanshane

This is with Ninja. I've tried this with TOS and...

This is with Ninja. I've tried this with TOS and Ninja. TOS last month, Ninja currently. The results are the same. Also, the fills don't always go through. There not instant. I'm curious. The one...

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November 13th, 2013, 05:43 PM

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Scalping in paper trade mode TO EASY?! I need the opinion of an established trader.

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Posted By donovanshane

No that was just daily P/L . Commissions/fees...

No that was just daily P/L . Commissions/fees would have to come out of that. My stop depends on what I am doing. If the market is in a choppy trading range I'll buy for say...1668.25, then...

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November 13th, 2013, 05:06 PM

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Scalping in paper trade mode TO EASY?! I need the opinion of an established trader.

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Posted By donovanshane

Scalping in paper trade mode TO EASY?! I need the opinion of an established trader.

I have paper traded for the last 2 months with 2 different products. TOS and Ninja. I'm averaging between $800 - $1000 profit per day trading 2 lots of /es. I have 5 years of experience in trading...

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